TV review: I wish Ricky Gervais had stopped After Life at season two
After Life (Netflix) is back for a third season. I’m not sure why. At the end of Season 2, Tony seemed to get that he couldn’t keep grieving his dead wife, Lisa forever. In the final scene, he opened his front door to Emma, literally and metaphorically allowing her into his home and his life. Like so much else in After Life, it was an elegant and grown-up ending, allowing us to come to our own conclusion. The show was over, Tony was moving on with his life.
And here we are at a new season and Tony is still in full-on grieving mode. We know this because he keeps looking at videos of his time with Lisa, during his two or three bottles of wine a night. It’s even harder for us to watch these videos than it is for him, because they would be the Most Annoying TV Couple of All Time — if it wasn't for Ned and Maude Flanders from The Simpsons.
